Lane Anderson writes about causes for the national edition—including issues such as poverty, hunger, and social inequality. She lives in New York City, where she has taught at Columbia University and Yeshiva University. She holds an MFA from Columbia University.

Been to Everest? So have a lot of people. But the remote Himalayan villages in the Pamirs offer peaks that no one has summited before. Local and American entrepreneurs are hoping that the appeal will draw touri...

Kids who eat breakfast at school have better math and reading skills, perform better on standardized tests, and are less likely to be overweight. But only half of low-income kids are getting the morning meal.

With an aging population, home health care workers are essential to families and to the overall well-being of the country, but a new report says that they work for poverty wages, and half rely on food stamps to...